USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks

[otto105]

He isn't cutting anything, he's pointing out the bullshit.

yeah, funding that helps, lower and middle income along with our elderly.

 

[martybegan]

Bullshit is in the eyes of the beholder

To most of us…..tax cuts to Billionaires is bullshit

Because you assume the government and the left own other people's money.

 

[martybegan]

yeah, funding that helps, lower and middle income along with our elderly.

The only thing the current system is helping is useless drones in government and NGO's have jobs way above what they deserve.

 

[otto105]

Because you assume the government and the left own other people's money.

Hilarious that you don't include republic pols. That group spends even more.

 

[otto105]

The only thing the current system is helping is useless drones in government and NGO's have jobs way above what they deserve.

Drop and give us 50 Heil Shitlers!

 

[airplanemechanic]

The Ag department just ended a grant program for local schools and food banks to buy food from local farmers. Do we envision local states picking up the tab or shuttering the program?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.

Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food from nearby farms through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in 2025 has been canceled, according to the School Nutrition Association.

State officials were notified Friday of USDA’s decision to end the LFS program for this year. More than 40 states had signed agreements to participate in previous years, according to SNA and several state agencies.


The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which supports food banks and other feeding organizations, has also been cut. USDA notified states that it was unfreezing funds for existing LFPA agreements but did not plan to carry out a second round of funding for fiscal year 2025.

In a statement, a USDA spokesperson confirmed that funding, previously announced last October, “is no longer available and those agreements will be terminated following 60-day notification.”

Yep, this was an old Covid era policy that should have been cancelled years ago. Now it is, good.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Feeding the poor and school children is what Musk calls waste

Oh yes, ITS FOR THE CHILDREN.

It's an old Covid policy that should have been gone in 2021 but it wasn't.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

You mean parents may have to be responsible for feeding their kids?

 

[otto105]

You mean parents may have to be responsible for feeding their kids?

Yes, and the government should be there with a helping hand when needed. Just like we do with wealthy corporations.